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CH8315 Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry

Knowing (these are things that all students will need to be able to do to pass the module):

Question 1: classify pericyclic processes

Question 2: apply molecular orbital theory in the analysis of organic reactivity

Question 3: describe the underlying physical basis for, and applications of, physical organic chemistry

Question 4: apply retrosynthetic analysis to problems featuring pericyclic processes.

Question 5: propose reaction intermediate(s) and products for pericyclic reactions;

Acting (Performance in this area will enable students to achieve more than a basic pass):

Question 6: determine the outcome of pericyclic processes, including periselectivity, regioselectivity and stereoselectivity

Question 7: propose a reasonable and falsifiable reaction mechanism for a reaction based on physical data and/or MO analysis.

Question 8: evaluate whether a reaction mechanism is reasonable or not through an analysis in terms of frontier molecular orbital theory and through interpretation of kinetic and mechanistic data;

Being (Performance in this area will enable students to achieve more than a basic pass):

Question 9: critically discuss techniques for acquiring kinetic data

Question 10: retrieve and communicate data, findings and procedures from the literature

Question 11: integrate previously acquired knowledge of reactivity patterns in organic chemistry with experimental and computational data to solve problems of organic reaction mechanisms

Question 12: propose experiments and predict outcomes of experiments designed to falsify proposed reaction mechanisms